Spigot.



LEOPOLD SCHULTZ, OF DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPIGOT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1911.

Application filed January 12, 1911. Serial No. 602,242.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD SCHULTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dunmore, in the county of Lackawanna and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSpigots; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in spigots.

The object of this invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter in which the fluid controlling mechanism is secured againstmovement by a suitable lock, which serves to prevent any personunauthorized from tampering with the contents of a barrel or the like towhich the said spigot is applied.

Another object of this invention is to improve and simplify devices ofthis character rendering them comparatively simple and inexpensive tomanufacture, reliable and efficient in use and readily operated.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view, this invention resides inthe novel features of construction, formations, combinations andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described,claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1,is a vertical longitudinal sectional View taken through my improvedspigot. Fig. 2, is a transverse sectional View taken on the line aa ofFig. 1; Fig. 8, is a sectional view taken on the line 5-1) of Fig. 1,and Fig. 4, is a plan View of the lock removed.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1designates gen erally my improved spigot comprising a hollow bungengaging member 2, inwardly tapered as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing, and provided in its opposite end with an internallythreaded socket 3, adapted to engage a nozzle supporting member 4, thelower end of which is apertured and threaded as indicated by 5, for thereception of an outlet nozzle 6. The outer end of this nozzle supportingmember 4, is provided with a suitable recess, for the reception ofpacking 8, the said packing being held in place by a nut 9. The innerextremity of the nozzle supporting member of an operating rod 17, theintermediate portion of which is formed with a valve 18, adapted toengage the valve seat 11. This valve 18 is provided with a series ofannular V-shaped channels 19, providing cont-acting ridges 20, adaptedto engage the said valve seat and prevent any fluid from passingtherethrough when the spigot is closed. The forward end of this rod 17,extends through partition 7 and packing nut 9, and

also through an internally threaded cap 21, the inner edge of which isprovided with a circular series of apertures 22, one of which is adaptedto engage one of the pair of keepers 23, of a lock 24, the oppositelyextending keeper of which is adapted to engage an aperture 25, formedwithin the nozzle supporting member 4, and manifestly prevents theturning of the cap 2l,which prevents the unseating of the valve 18. Asubstantially conical shaped closely wound spiral spring 26, contacts atone end with the juncture of the web 13 and the tapered bung engagingmember 2, and with the valve 18 at its opposite end, and serves tonormally keep the valve 18 seated, and also strains all fluid passingthrough the passage 14.

From the foregoing disclosure, it will be readily apparent that when thelock is positioned with its keepers 23, in engagement with one of theapertures 22 and the aperture 25 respectively, the cap 21 will beprevented from turning upon the rod 17, which obviously locks the valve18 in its seated position. When it is desired to unseat the valve 18,all that is required is to remove the lock 24 and rotate the cap 21toward the end of the rod 17, which may be then readily pressedinwardly, manifestly unseating the valve 18. Immediately upon therelease of the said cap 21, the spiral spring 26 will automaticallyreseat the valve 18.

From the previous description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be readily seen that a spigot of the characterdescribed is provided for which will fulfil all the necessaryrequirements of such a device.

. Having thus fully described this invention what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination in a spigot, of a bungengaging member, an annular ribformed therein, a valve seat located within the said bung-engagingmember and engaging said rib, a nozzle-supportlng member threaded insaid bung-engaging member and engaging the valve seat, for the purposeof preventing its displacement, a rod slidable within saidnozzle-supporting member and bung-engaging member, a valve carried bysaid rod and normally engaging said valve seat, a cap located on saidrod, and means adapted to connect said cap with the nozzlesupportingmember, for the purpose of locking the valve in closed position.

2. The combination 1n a spigot, of a bungengaglng member, an annular ribformed therein, a valve seat located within the said bung-engagingmember and engaging said rib, a nozzle-supporting member threaded insaid bung-engaging member and engaging the valve seat for the purpose ofpreventing its displacement, a rod slidable within saidnozzle-supporting member and bung-engaging member, a valve carried bysaid rod and normally engaging said valve seat, a cap threaded on saidrod, said cap provided on its inner edge with a circular series ofrecesses, said nozzle -supporting member provided with a recess inalinement with one of said recesses in the cap, and a lock adapted toengage the recesses in the said cap and the nozzle-supporting member toprevent the rotation of the cap, substantially as and for the purposeshereinbefore described.

In testimony whereof I afi iX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' LEOPOLD SCHULTZ. Vitnesses RUDOLPH FURRER, RUDoLF PRIEM.

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